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Cytokines
Research data from Kuwait University, Medical Department update understanding of cytokines
February 4th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, "Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of diarrhea in humans. A mouse lung model of infection was previously established for C. jejuni." "We used this model to study cytokine production in the lungs and correlated it with pathological changes. C. jejuni strain 81-176 or sterile phosphate-buffered saline was intranasally inoculated into adult BALB/c mice. The levels of proinflammatory cytokines (gamma interferon, tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-1 beta [ IL-1 beta], IL-2) and anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-4, IL-10), in addition to those of IL-6, were assessed on days...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-02-04)
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